The EC starts consultations on the Circular Economy Act • FBCA introduces guidelines for packaging recycling • An increase in paper prices • Sappi Europe plans to restructure in Alfeld • Galerie Book – new paper for book printing • Lecta expands its offer of barrier papers • Sabert finalizes the merger with Colpac • Metsä Group resumes production in Kemi factories • Employment reductions in a Swiss paper mill • UPM ends paper production
in Kaukas • UPM Adhesive Materials invests in a factory in Malaysia... and increases production capacity in North Carolina • Kruger invests in Corner Brook Pulp and Paper • Suzano reduces pulp production • Mondi obtains the first Cradle to Cradle Paper Certified in South Africa • Survey on the condition of the printing industry • Sappi invests in a modern machine in North America • New generation of water-based printing inks • Recycled papers with the addition of Silphium Perfoliatum • Carbon footprint of fibers from Silphium Perfoliatum • HEIDELBERG enters the arms industry • The German paper industry in the first half of the year